Cigar holder and saver



1. SKLNDERVIKEN. clGAR HLDER AND SAVER,

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I8, 19l8.

1,342,151 2. Patented June s, 1920.

arf/torna clothing to receive lighted cigars and ciga` UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlies?.f

JOHAN SKINDERVIKEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, Assieivonor ONEH'ALFjTO oLAiisi 'Y EKLO,v or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. l

OIGAR HOLDER Ann-sJAvIiiaz` ,Y A

ToaZZ whom it may concern v Be it known that I, JOHANl SiUNDERviKnN, a subject of the King of Norway, having declared my intentionto become al citizenof the United States, residing at Chicago, .in the county of Cook and tate of Illinois,

have invented certain' new Yand usefull 'Im-VV provements in Cigar Holders and Savers,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a container adapted to be carried in a pocket of the users rettes when conditions arise lwhich make 'it necessary, advisable l or desirable forthe smoker to temporarily discontinue its con'- sumption, to avoid premature discard. y I am aware that various types of holders for the purpose mentioned are known. ,Such

types however have a means into which the butt end of the cigar or cigarette is pushed, which feature renders the constructions impractical as the butt ends of lighted' cigarsand cigarettes are inoistened by the saliva of the mouth and if they contact with and 'are' ent invention is to overcome such an objection, and one definite servientobject is to provide a means to engage and hold a cigar or cigarette which is movable laterally into engagement with the cigar or cigarette so that sliding movement of the cigar or cigarette against the holding means is obviated.

With the above, and additional objects, which will appear hereinafter, the invention has been embodied in one preferred form as illustrated in accompanying drawings.

ln the views of said drawings, illustrating the improved cigar or cigarette holder,

Figure 1 is a front elevation;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view with the sections of the casing or holder detached;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, taken at right angles to Fig. 2, and showing a ciga carried thereby; v

Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the closure sec-.

J specifieation of Lettersr'atent. r Patented Jim@ 8,1920.' Appiicaaon neaj'ombaj is, 'i'lfjserial .No.'zava f i *l connected together iii any Asuitable manner,

which will permit ready detacli'mentff, v:For

1 instance, the ,upper Vend, of the? container Aor section 6 is constructed to providefajvall 8 adapted toy extend into theclo'suresection 7,

so that the sections will beheld injcouple'd" example, the sections Gland may-be made of any `suitable metal and the'interi'or/sur relation by rictionall 'contacta Byway of. f,

face thereof may be lined with asbestos. or

similar 'material at 9 vand 10, to confine the heat from the cigar or cigarette ai'idinsula'tel the'clothing ofthe user from such heat. It will be noted, partic'iilarly in Fig. 31,that the' lower portion of the' asbestos 10"l is disposed" intermediate the 'wall' 8 and theadjacentv portion'of the closurel7 when thel sections 6. i

and 7 Vare connected'together.f Better fric? tional fcoiitact'fmay be obtained,i"ivitl i Lthe asbestos Vdisposed between saidfwallfSfjand the closure.' y A suitable holding or clasp means for tlile cigar or cigarette is mounted by o'neofthe sections, and'preferabl'y bythe closure secftion 7. The means shown comprise any arm Y 11 and an arm 12|,having jaws 13, provided withserr'ation's at14f,'ifidesired,`to grip a cigar or cigarette 15 as in Fig. 3. Arm 11 is provided with an eyelet or journal at 16 while the arm 12 is provided with an eyelet or journal 17. Each Varml 11 and 12 ispreferably metallic. A pivot 18 passes through Y the journals 16 and 17 to mount-the arms 11 and 12 for swingingmovement, andthe terminals of the pivot 18 are preferably turned up and soldered or otherwise secured to theV closure 7. Above the pivot 18, an enlarged slot 19 is preferably provided through the section Y7 and eXtendinO through andbeyond said slot, are fingers t20, integral with the arms 11 and 12 and their journals; These ingers 2O are normally Vurged.` apart by means of a coil spring 21 surrounding'an arcuate rod 22 fastened rigidly at one end as V at 23, to one of the fingers, and 4projecting Y loosely'at its other end through an opening in the otherfinger, as at24. It will be seen 1,

that by the operators `fingers pressing the fingers 2O together, the jaws 13 will be spread apart so as to release or' be ready to receive a cigar. Spring 21' normally urges the arms 11 and 12 into gripping engagement with the cigar. r1he walls at the slot ,'lQTlimit the eftentt'o which the arms" Y f g-This 'article maybeCarried-'ina'pooketrofiA vrclothing and should the user. wishi,iti maar;

moveunder the urgency of spring2l .be Withdrawn, and the sections 6 and 7,

Alease them' so thatlthe- 'spring 2l"will 'urge f ealled tothe fat that Athe serrations le may l .be used or dispensed? with Lat pleasure and mentwith thecigarat a portion necessarily Y 7V afterward may beVA attached Vby "sliding l ","Theoperation of removalis of course just that the serratons'are brought into engagebr'oken ,byfmoisturev oftheY mouth. s Closure movement, to' the. mainv setion 6, withfthe eigai' disposed' therein asirshown in Fig'.

" fand ythe ioigar, l and then' maiiipiilatiiig the fingers 20 Ytoy release the cigar. ,Y J Particular attention is Ao 'allejad'to t f part'orabutment in the act of attaching vit Vor Vdisposing vitin-the holder. The 'jaws' 13 ffmove laterallyof the Cigar and there vis thereforen L dangerfofV raCturing-the Cigar lwrapper at an undesirable point orof Crushying thebutt end.'

' Sinee'inerely one preferredembodiment Y Vvhas-been illustrated and fdeseribed,.Yy it Vis to bennderstood that changes inthe detailsv of construction maybe'resorted to withouty 4departing from its spirit .i and soope.

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1; l. cigar holder.V having. holdingimeang, y

that the "Cigar. is Vnot Qpiessed` against'V any;

fsaiilihold'er having a Vslot, holding means comprising arms extending through seeured-` to.one of said varms and suspended loosely relatively tothe other arm, and a spring surrounding said rodand yu rging said arms apart above the pivot.

anda slot, said Vholding means comprising arms 'movable in saiidslot, said arms having portions extending at obtuse angles'to. eaoh H2L-A cigar holder havingholdinlg means one portion .oi eaohfarmfbeing provided with cigargripping means, the other]por-l tion of leacha'rm serving asmanipulating ingers','a i'odrigidfwith one lofsaid fingers v and loose relative to the otherv finger'7 anda spring'- surrounding said rod v andv normally urging saidngers apart'. Y f

3. A cigar holderhaving holdinglvnieans and a slot, a pivot member belowsaid slot',y

member, saidlarms having downwardly eX Y v tending portionsfprov-ided with inwardly extending' cigarfgripping jaws, said;V arms beii'ig,V 'provided .with upwardly 'extending' fingers, one of said'fingers having an opening'l therein, a 'curved rod yrigid with the Vother Vh nger and ext'endingloo'seiythrough said opening, and a spring surroundii'ig the rod tourgesaid fingers apart. v Iii-testimony whereoi', I. have y affixed 'my'- signature ini the presence of two` witnesses',

5o", other and witli'j'ournals at thfeir; jiinetionsg j means fon whiohfsajid Journals: are p iVOted, 

